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Old 04-23-2008 | 12:01 PM
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Default RE: Expensive needle in a big haystack!

Cool story rc-plane. I'm trying to understand what happened to the prop though. It appears that the prop nut is still on the shaft, so either the prop shattered in flight or when the engine struck the ground. The blades didn't end up in the ground where the engine landed did they? Was any of the prop left around the shaft? I wonder if one blade fell off, during the vertical climb, causing a severe imbalance that broke the mount. Maybe the other blade then struck what was left of the mount or maybe the landing gear, and broke off. Nice save anyway.[sm=thumbup.gif]